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FreshRealm Separation (Details) - FreshRealm - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 03, 2021	Jan. 31, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes receivable from FreshRealm	$ 34.5		$ 34.5
Percentage of proceeds receivable event of sale	20.00%
Gain recognized		$ 0.0
Success Event is equal to or greater than $100 million, but less than $230 million
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Value threshold of success event	$ 100.0
Receivable upon closing of success event	10.0
Success Event is equal to or greater than $100 million, but less than $230 million \| Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Value threshold of success event	100.0
Success Event is equal to or greater than $100 million, but less than $230 million \| Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Value threshold of success event	230.0
Success Event is equal to or greater than $230 million, but less than $380 million
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivable upon closing of success event	20.0
Success Event is equal to or greater than $230 million, but less than $380 million \| Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Success Event is equal to or greater than $230 million, but less than $380 million \| Maximum
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Success Event is equal to or greater than $380 Million
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Receivable upon closing of success event	34.0
Promissory Notes
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes receivable from FreshRealm	5.0
Loan payoff amount	$ 6.0
Number of securities called by warrants or rights	4,207,397
Loan receivable fixed interest rate (as a percent)	1.46%